The Top Movies, Weekend of March 7, 2003

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(new)	Bringing Down the House	Buena Vista	Comedy	$31,101,026		2,801	$11,104	$31,101,026	3
2	(new)	Tears of the Sun	Sony Pictures	Action	$17,057,213		2,973	$5,737	$17,057,213	3
3	(2)	Old School	Dreamworks SKG	Comedy	$9,190,062	-34.54%	2,707	$3,395	$50,768,507	17
4	(5)	Chicago	Miramax	Musical	$6,844,634	-12.85%	2,600	$2,633	$114,442,185	73
5	(4)	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	Paramount Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$6,688,678	-34.76%	2,897	$2,309	$86,885,012	31
6	(1)	Cradle 2 the Grave	Warner Bros.	Horror	$6,535,475	-60.44%	2,625	$2,490	$26,878,648	10
7	(3)	Daredevil	20th Century Fox	Action	$5,214,469	-53.11%	2,778	$1,877	$91,536,021	24
8	(6)	The Jungle Book 2	Buena Vista	Adventure	$4,258,002	-39.03%	2,553	$1,668	$39,521,501	24
9	(7)	Shanghai Knights	Buena Vista	Adventure	$2,688,514	-46.53%	1,905	$1,411	$54,749,445	31
10	(8)	The Life of David Gale	Universal	Thriller/Suspense	$2,124,235	-53.18%	1,872	$1,135	$17,112,765	17
11	(12)	The Hours	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,475,801	-28.06%	962	$1,534	$35,303,458	73
12	(16)	The Pianist	Focus Features	Drama	$1,393,292	-4.51%	565	$2,466	$16,779,231	73
13	(9)	Gods and Generals	Warner Bros.	Drama	$1,377,431	-53.25%	1,233	$1,117	$11,122,627	17
14	(14)	About Schmidt	New Line	Drama	$1,376,030	-26.04%	845	$1,628	$60,007,505	87
15	(10)	The Recruit	Buena Vista	Thriller/Suspense	$1,359,539	-50.17%	1,071	$1,269	$50,281,018	38
16	(15)	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	New Line	Adventure	$1,227,603	-24.13%	703	$1,746	$332,075,527	82
17	(18)	The Quiet American	Miramax	Drama	$1,153,381	+2.65%	381	$3,027	$7,291,271	108
18	(13)	Final Destination 2	New Line	Horror	$1,034,114	-45.35%	881	$1,174	$44,616,117	38
19	(17)	Kangaroo Jack	Warner Bros.	Comedy	$772,413	-43.35%	1,110	$696	$64,691,137	52
20	(20)	Gangs of New York	Miramax	Drama	$518,916	-25.53%	378	$1,373	$75,496,504	80
21	(19)	Deliver Us From Eva	Focus Features	Romantic Comedy	$456,084	-51.54%	365	$1,250	$16,780,282	31
22	(11)	Dark Blue	MGM/UA	Drama	$367,038	-84.47%	1,127	$326	$8,687,105	17
23	(22)	Adaptation	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$358,183	-26.55%	234	$1,531	$20,624,783	94
24	(21)	Catch Me if You Can	Dreamworks SKG	Drama	$338,851	-41.85%	295	$1,149	$162,459,578	75
25	(25)	The Lion King (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Adventure	$334,049	-14.96%	66	$5,061	$13,830,816	75
26	(26)	Talk to Her	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$274,730	-23.96%	146	$1,882	$7,241,289	108
27	(35)	Just Married	20th Century Fox	Romantic Comedy	$268,638	+60.34%	419	$641	$54,971,072	59
28	(37)	City of God	Miramax	Drama	$241,284	+49.23%	67	$3,601	$2,006,001	52
29	(23)	Darkness Falls	Sony Pictures	Horror	$227,474	-49.29%	194	$1,173	$31,830,509	45
30	(31)	Far From Heaven	Focus Features	Drama	$220,198	+3.92%	105	$2,097	$14,940,014	122
31	(33)	Maid in Manhattan	Sony Pictures	Romantic Comedy	$192,463	-4.60%	209	$921	$93,382,556	87
32	(29)	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Miramax	Drama	$183,670	-22.32%	115	$1,597	$5,177,741	101
33	(24)	Biker Boyz	Dreamworks SKG	Action	$181,974	-57.24%	234	$778	$21,386,547	38
34	(30)	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$180,026	-18.95%	360	$500	$261,370,976	115
35	(36)	Space Station	IMAX Films	Documentary	$176,595	+6.09%	41	$4,307	$33,596,096	325
36	(34)	Spider	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$163,822	-13.48%	35	$4,681	$463,164	10
37	(39)	Bowling for Columbine	MGM/UA	Documentary	$162,715	+11.35%	106	$1,535	$19,100,026	150
38	(28)	The Guru	Universal	Comedy	$160,462	-40.31%	97	$1,654	$2,703,597	38
39	(new)	Laurel Canyon	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$149,099		10	$14,910	$149,099	3
40	(32)	Frida	Miramax	Drama	$147,333	-27.17%	113	$1,304	$24,527,488	136
41	(38)	Antwone Fisher	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$118,639	-19.93%	155	$765	$20,680,728	81
42	(42)	Drumline	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$115,921	-8.39%	132	$878	$55,929,829	87
43	(41)	The Hot Chick	Buena Vista	Comedy	$91,050	-28.98%	145	$628	$34,857,447	87
44	(new)	The Safety of Objects			$86,250		32	$2,695	$86,250	3
45	(43)	Russian Ark			$80,327	-21.58%	21	$3,825	$1,184,574	87
46	(27)	Poolhall Junkies			$76,534	-74.65%	119	$643	$504,507	10
47	(57)	The Wild Thornberrys	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$74,437	+86.14%	177	$421	$39,291,877	80
48	(new)	Irreversible			$60,086		7	$8,584	$60,086	3
49	(77)	Time Changer			$58,851	+346.08%	35	$1,681	$838,648	136
50	(46)	He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Thriller/Suspense	$53,136	-31.54%	17	$3,126	$365,899	24
51	(47)	25th Hour	Buena Vista	Drama	$50,376	-34.78%	39	$1,292	$12,837,540	81
52	(66)	Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony	Artisan	Documentary	$44,260	+62.65%	7	$6,323	$109,011	17
53	(58)	The R.M.	Halestone	Comedy	$42,547	+12.13%	21	$2,026	$527,847	38
54	(50)	Two Weeks Notice	Warner Bros.	Romantic Comedy	$41,366	-37.49%	73	$567	$92,635,436	80
55	(49)	Lost in La Mancha		Documentary	$38,996	-46.16%	18	$2,166	$485,789	38
56	(56)	El Crimen de Padre	Goldwyn Entertainment	Drama	$35,508	-25.07%	39	$910	$5,631,307	115
57	(54)	All the Real Girls	Sony Pictures Classics	Drama	$30,961	-36.07%	18	$1,720	$190,476	24
58	(60)	Gerry	ThinkFilm	Drama	$26,142	-27.85%	13	$2,011	$136,759	24
59	(44)	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Miramax	Drama	$24,425	-70.50%	29	$842	$15,938,738	69
60	(61)	8 Mile	Universal	Drama	$22,540	-36.22%	46	$490	$116,724,075	122
61	(new)	Nowhere in Africa	Zeitgeist Films	Drama	$22,070		2	$11,035	$22,070	3
62	(71)	Open Hearts			$21,647	+17.97%	13	$1,665	$69,662	17
63	(73)	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	IMAX Films	Adventure	$20,964	+23.62%	3	$6,988	$42,372,839	1,599
64	(55)	Narc	Paramount Pictures	Thriller/Suspense	$20,841	-56.67%	81	$257	$10,436,957	80
65	(74)	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (IMAX)	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$20,531	+22.70%	5	$4,106	$8,383,212	129
66	(65)	Manna From Heaven	Five Sisters Productions	Comedy	$20,400	-26.65%	9	$2,267	$294,207	220
67	(68)	Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary	Sony Pictures Classics	Documentary	$18,085	-24.38%	6	$3,014	$140,374	45
68	(78)	Haunted Castle	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$13,917	+6.50%	3	$4,639	$5,745,028	738
69	(75)	Till Human Voices Wake Us			$13,580	-14.55%	8	$1,698	$47,557	17
70	(63)	Lockdown			$12,846	-57.23%	11	$1,168	$437,302	24
71	(re-entry)	Amen	Kino	Drama	$12,721		7	$1,817	$94,800	45
72	(new)	Ten (2003)			$10,559		1	$10,559	$12,836	5
73	(84)	Fassbinder			$10,521	+7.31%	2	$5,261	$68,105	24
74	(69)	Moonlight Mile	Buena Vista	Drama	$10,374	-47.87%	29	$358	$6,830,957	164
75	(79)	Love Lisa		Drama	$10,322	-10.50%	9	$1,147	$175,423	70
76	(82)	The Way Home			$9,918	-1.34%	10	$992	$390,537	115
77	(67)	Star Trek: Nemesis	Paramount Pictures	Adventure	$9,875	-60.22%	37	$267	$43,119,879	87
78	(81)	Encounter in the Third Dimension	nWave Pictures	Drama	$7,625	-27.38%	2	$3,813	$6,763,913	1,473
79	(85)	Spirited Away	Buena Vista	Adventure	$6,931	-21.35%	6	$1,155	$5,601,243	171
80	(re-entry)	Fidel			$6,552		1	$6,552	$107,761	143
81	(80)	The Lawless Heart			$6,443	-40.06%	1	$6,443	$40,240	17
82	(86)	His Secret Life			$5,695	-35.02%	4	$1,424	$204,826	171
83	(88)	Real Women Have Curves	Newmarket Films	Comedy	$5,139	-33.29%	15	$343	$5,833,252	143
84	(102)	Morvern Callar			$3,978	+9.08%	4	$995	$166,457	80
85	(94)	Divine Intervention	Avatar		$3,334	-39.80%	3	$1,111	$127,305	52
86	(89)	Charly	Excel Entertainment	Drama	$3,173	-58.71%	9	$353	$783,993	164
87	(97)	Fat Girl			$3,029	-36.53%	1	$3,029	$718,899	514
88	(99)	Galapagos	IMAX Films	Documentary	$2,971	-28.77%	5	$594	$13,957,655	1,228
89	(92)	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	Kino		$2,629	-60.21%	1	$2,629	$152,463	171
90	(101)	The Red Circle		Thriller/Suspense	$2,485	-34.08%	1	$2,485	$133,788	59
91	(107)	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	IMAX Films	Drama	$2,478	+17.16%	4	$620	$1,456,403	171
92	(76)	Chaos	New Yorker	Comedy	$2,428	-83.89%	1	$2,428	$2,428	38
93	(112)	Alien Adventure	nWave Pictures	Adventure	$1,332	+33.20%	1	$1,332	$4,254,436	1,060
94	(90)	Quai des Orfevres			$1,103	-83.97%	1	$1,103	$118,955	129
95	(103)	The Trials of Henry Kissinger			$960	-71.89%	1	$960	$481,598	166
96	(114)	In Praise of Love			$453	-13.55%	1	$453	$247,489	185
97	(re-entry)	Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet			$387		1	$387	$24,782	122
98	(100)	The Kurosawa Series			$380	-90.32%	1	$380	$463,904	227
99	(111)	China: The Panda Adventure	IMAX Films	Drama	$310	-71.69%	1	$310	$3,000,805	591
100	(re-entry)	Lan Yu			$246		1	$246	$115,296	241

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